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508: 429: 251: 66: 259: 437: 102: 25: 539:, best known as the location of the war memorial, and where justice and anti-war rallies have gathered and terminated. The area is surrounded by Leeds Town Hall, Leeds City Art Gallery, The Henry Moore Institute and Leeds Central Library. The mother church of the Methodist District of Leeds, Oxford Place Methodist Mission, fronts the western side, while The Light shopping centre is on the eastern side. 340: 400:
as opposed to Portland stone only on Regent Street. The development of the Headrow as a road-widening scheme meant that the north side was constructed in the uniform style while the south side has a mixture of buildings from the 1800s to the present.
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in 2005, Broad Gate was closed for refurbishment. Since 2008, half of the Broad Gate building has been transformed into offices and the other half has remained open to the public as separate retail units occupied by retailers including
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which was demolished in November 1904 and relocated to Cookridge Street. More recently, running east-to-west, the street became Eastgate, the Headrow and Westgate, though portions of Park Lane remain at the far end of Westgate.
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now culverted, and continued, known as "The Street", to York. In the 17th century it was renamed Parke Lane, Burley Bar, Upper Head Row and Lower Head Row. Renamed again in the 19th century, at the junction with
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The Light houses a 13-screen multiplex cinema operated by Vue and a Virgin Active Gym, Radisson BLU Hotel and restaurants and bars. There are several art galleries on The Headrow axis, including the major
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The Headrow forms a spine across the city centre between Westgate and Eastgate and is approximately ½ mile (700 m) long. It was widened between 1928 and 1932 in a redevelopment designed by architect
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who converted it into a large three storey clothes store that opened in August 2005. Primark vacated the building in March 2015 and in August 2015 the building re-opened as a Sports Direct store.
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of 15 miles per hour (24 km/h). The section between Park Row and Briggate is reserved for buses and taxis and cars/motorcycles are not permitted to use it between 5 a.m. and 10 p.m.
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The Odeon, which was the last picture palace in the city centre, closed due to competition with local multiplexes and the impending opening of a thirteen screen multiplex at
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Appearing on maps in 1560, the Headrow once formed the northern edge or "head" of medieval Leeds' boundary, hence its name. To the east the street crossed
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In 1980, the area between Headrow House and Lewis store was converted to Dortmund Square. To celebrate ten years of twinning the people of
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presented the people of Leeds with a bronze statue, sculpted by Arthur Shulze-Engels, of the Dortmund Drayman which stands in the square.
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It is one of the most important thoroughfares in central Leeds, hosting many of the city's civic and cultural buildings, including
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the street ran to the east as Upperhead Row and Lowerhead Row and to the west as Park Lane and Guildford Street – once home to
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Opposite the former Odeon cinema is Crash Records, which has been a fixture of the Leeds music scene for over 30 years.
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A section of the Ordnance Survey map of central Leeds of before and after the Headrow's creation, highlighting its route
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on the north side, houses a cinema, restaurants and a Radisson BLU Hotel. There is ground floor retail in
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Today the street is one of Leeds's principal shopping streets. The former Permanent House, now known as
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in London also designed by Reginald Blomfield. The buildings are clad in red brick and
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House (originally Headrow House) on Dortmund Square. St John's Shopping Centre and
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At the western end of the Headrow is Victoria Gardens, Leeds'
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flank opposite sides of Dortmund Square, on The Headrow.
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53°47′58″N 1°32′42″W / 53.7995°N 1.5450°W / 53.7995; -1.5450


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Leeds city centre
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Leeds Town Hall
Leeds Central Library
Leeds Art Gallery
Henry Moore Institute
The Light
Park Row
Briggate
Eastgate
Quarry Hill

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